Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 18:44:24 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Technical questions about BSD Message-ID: <19990305084425.15393.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903041636120.299-100000@nyc-ny78-59.ix.netcom.com> of Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:44:48 EST References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903041636120.299-100000@nyc-ny78-59.ix.netcom.com>
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> > > I'm in the process of writing a feature story [...] > > > > Why bother? You're clearly not qualified. > > I don't think it matters if he is qualified or not. FreeBSD gets > unfortunately little press, and can use all it can get. This is akin to saying that any publicity is better than no publicity. But that's a philosophy that, while suited to predatory scum like billg, has no place in rational people's thinking. > Even if his > story has very little useful information, it can't be more harmful than > no story. I happen to disagree. Look at the way all the lemmings rushed off to play with C++ when it was hyped in the so-called specialist media; look at the way all the lemmings are rushing off to play with Linux now that it's getting all the hype; look at the way the lemmings are rushing to play with Java. While I think that one of these three products has some value in this world, I see the influence of the media as pernicious and quite damaging. In particular, I see that these things lose their way once they get undue publicity. It's easy to learn about FreeBSD and FreeBSD doesn't need the ignorant drivel of some half-baked would-be journalist in order to make its way in the world. I've seen too many human endeavours that turned sour just as soon as the media discovered them. I don't like to see this and I will always argue against it. > The majority only rules those who let them. If this means anything, why slam an iconoclastic opinion? -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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